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Man Overboard Chords

Man Overboard Chords

These chords provided by Tim Hackett who said

These chords are based on my best assessment of Willy Zygier’s
rather funky acoustic rendition of “Man Overboard”, minus the
introduction and clever bits in the middle. The sample bar of G7 is a
rather complicated way of representing the rhythm he uses. If it
comes across as an unintelligible schmozzle, don’t worry, it’s not
you. But it might make some sense if you’ve actually heard him play
it.

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In April

Sheet Music

Deborah Conway (EMI Music)
This is just the easy chord version to “in april”. The words are from the cover of the “seven deadly sins” soundtrack & the chords are from that recording as well.
Chords:
(capo 4 in brackets)
verse (each line is
B / / / F# / E / B / / / F# / E /
(G) (D) (C) (G) (D) (C)
chorus
F# / / / E / / / F# / / / E / / /
(D) (C) (D) (C)
F# / / / E / / / F# / / / E / / /
(D) (C) (D) (C)
B / / / F# / E / B / / / F# / E /
(G) (D) (C) (G) (D) (C)
Words:
Verse:
Hello you it’s ten to one in the morning
I don’t know what time that makes it over there
I haven’t figured it out yet Cos we just turned the clocks back
And it gets so complicated I lose track
Maybe you been away
Looking at churches again
I guess you probably seen ’em all by now
I was feeling the need for Something a little bit more
In your line of bad jokes and sweet talk
Chorus:
And I miss you
And i’m thinking of you
And I know I’ve tried before
But you didn’t return my phone calls
Verse:
I been out on the town
And yes i’ve been drinking again
Yes we both know it makes me emotional
But did you get the letter i sent are you keeping up with your rent
So many stupid questions running round my head
Chorus:
And I miss you
And i’m thinking of you
And I know I’ve tried before
But you didn’t return my phone calls
Verse:
Well i’m gonna lie down
Close my eyes and imagine
That you’re standing right here listening to this
Why don’t you pick up the phone Quit pretending that you’re not home
Oooh baby I just can’t let you alone
Chorus:
And I miss you
And i’m thinking of you
And I know I’ve tried before
But you didn’t return my phone calls
I know it’s over now
I know ‘coz i talked to your friends
But there’s just one thing
Why don’t you return my phone calls

Glory Ordinary Day

Sheet Music

Conway/Simon Austin 1999

These chords were worked out by Tim Hackett who said :

Glory Ordinary Day is in 4 time and I’ve put in some chords for first
part of the verse that sort of fit in with what the bass does. Otherwise
you could do it as per the recording by picking out the melody on the G
string and using the D string as a drone.

Verse

| Bm | A G | D | D | Bm | A G | D | D |

| Gm | Dmaj7 C7 | D7 | D7 | Gm | Dmaj7 C7 |

| Gmaj7 | F# | Gmaj7 | F# |

Chorus

| G A | A D | G A | A D | G A | A Bm | F# |

| G A | (Ends on a D)

Chords shapes

House Party – 13 August 2004

I wanted to say a huge thank-you to everyone who bought cd’s to enable the house party to happen. Especially the interstate contingent! And huge thanks to Viv for talking her friends into hosting the evening, and to Peter & Glenda themselves for inviting us in… and to Deborah & Willy for playing.
There hasn’t been a review of the evening posted, so I thought I’d give it a whirl.
First, I was late. Not a huge surprise to anyone who knows me. My excuse was football training. At 7:45pm I was running around in the cold rain… ten minutes later I was picking up my girlfriend from the station, and about 10 minutes after that we were standing on the doorstep of a house in Northcote hoping we had the right address.
We were welcomed in by a crew of youngsters, who proceeded to show us their dolls then disappear into a side room. We tracked the party down in the lounge (It was easy to find – I could see Mark). It was fabulous to see people again… Tim, Julie, Mark and Nikki (with gorgeous tot in tow). I’ve probably left people out, but that always happens.
My timing was impeccable of course – just time to get a drink before Deborah and Willy came on stage. Oops, I mean before they moved from the other half of the room, sat down, and encouraged people to move closer. Mark and Tim eagerly sat on the floor at their feet… I think Tim was making sure he saw every note Willy played.
First item was an explanation about how they came to be in the suburban lounge playing for us all… explaining about sales, record companies, etc… and the new strategy of walking into peoples homes and playing.
Um, songlist… I hadn’t heard the album, and don’t have it with me now, so this will be vague.
*Accidents happen in the home.
*The Ikea song – (I saw lots of smiles around the room as people remembered their own DIY experiences. Made me grin because I love putting those things together. No wonder people thing I’m strange!)
*Um… another song that Deborah forgot the first line of… Mark had to prompt her.
Um… guess I don’t know these songs so well yet!
The point is that the songs were great… the crowd was lovely. The lounge ambience was amazing – so intimate!
Anyway, I really only wanted to say what a fabulous night it was… and say thanks to all those who so greatly deserve it.
Rach

Summertown

Summertown

Deborah and Willy’s brand new album, Summertown, is in stores now. For all sorts of information like the track listing, Deborah and Willy’s introduction to the album, and the opportunity to have them play in your own home see the Summertown page.

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Put A Fucking 12 String On It

RIP Warren Zevon, Johnny Cash, Robert Palmer, Slim Dusty and now Elliot Smith, 34, found dead in his Los Angeles home yesterday, apparently from a self-inflicted fatal stab wound to the chest. He made some fantastic records but I was looking forward to the next one he was going to make. Joni Mitchell said depression is the sand from which the next pearl comes. I guess Elliot didn

Pizza

Eddie and Jo are not car salesmen. This was my first assumption, having met them on the first of 2 nights of this shindig we were hired to play at, to launch a luxury car. No, Eddie and Jo, who introduced themselves to me as I muddled my way through the 500 strong crowd in Port Melbourne on Wednesday evening, were in the $2.00 shop business.
Eddie: Deborah, Deborah Conway? I am a huge fan, you

Wednesday October 15th 2003

As I write this I can hear from the other room the deep mellow twang of a double bass played by Shannon Birchall – moonlighting with me, his real gig is with the John Butler Trio. A fine player with a beautiful sound. We

Friday October 10th 2003

I’m back and I’m recording. Outside the sky is blue but I know the wind is cold and the temperature is closer to 10 than 20. We’ve been here at this as yet undiclosable location, since Monday when we loaded in the gear. Tuesday the band joined us to start pre-production.The fire in the living/rehearsal room roars but does not burn the logs made of some indestructible substance.
We have 18 songs although that’s a bit of a cheat as one of them is It’s Only A Dream from MTH. This band does a fine version of it which I’ve wanted to record but also I liked it on my list cos it helped to fill out the new songs in the preliminary weeks of writing. Don’t need it anymore. I’m full of songs and full of cheer.
Daylesford beckons with icy winds and warm crowds, tonight we play in the Palais at Hepburn Springs. Last time we played, there folk were doing strip tease dancing on the laminated table tops, as Mark O’Meara is my witness.